Alpenrose Six-Day : Meet the Madison
July 12, 2007
It's time for the annual Alpenrose Six-Day, July 16-21. That means, six full days of racing at the Alpenrose velodrome featuring Madison races.
The Madison is an event in track racing named after Madison Square Garden in New York. Teams compete, but only one rider needs to be racing at any stage. Periodically, the teams change riders by "tagging" their teammates, usually performing slingshot action with linked hands to transfer as much of their momentum as possible to the racing rider, though a teammate may also be propelled into the race by a push of the rider's racing shorts. The non-racing teammate then moves to the top of the circular banked track to recover before the next stint.
SCHEDULE:
MONDAY
Madison Pursuit, Madison Race
TUESDAY through SATURDAY
Two Individual Races and a Madison Race
THURSDAY and SATURDAY
Individual Races and a Madison for Six-Day riders
Racing for other categories, single day riders
Madison racing hints | History of Six-Day Racing
Posted by orbike at July 12, 2007 9:29 AM
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Comments
Thanks for breaking it down. I saw that flyer and thought HUH cause I totally didn't know what a Madison was and didn't realize a six-day was a thing. Cool.
Posted by: Gregg at July 13, 2007 8:16 PM